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How K-pop Has Changed The World

It's hard to go a day without listening to K-pop, am I right?

Jacqui Cavalere

Apr 22, 2019

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Over the past couple months, the world saw three things:

1. Three popular Korean Pop boy groups commonly known as BTS, EXO, and GOT7 were all nominated for a Billboard Music Award under the category "Best Social Artist". Although BTS made history in 2017 as the first South Korean group to win a BBMA, this is the first time that not one, but THREE South Korean pop bands were nominated under the same award.

2. BlackPink, a popular K-pop girl group that gained most of America's attention, also made history as they were the first EVER K-pop girl group to ever perform at Coachella.

3. On Friday, April 12th, BTS dropped their 6th mini album which features American artist Halsey in their main track "Boy With Luv", and also contains a track that Ed Sheeran helped create, which rose to number one on the charts within minutes. Did I mention they're being compared to The Beetles?

If Psy hadn't generated enough attention towards K-pop with his hit song "Gangnam Style" in 2012, then the attention it's receiving now is something greater than the attention regular American music receives. Regular American pop has been famous around the world for quite some time. I could go to any country and find a least a hundred people who 100% know who One Direction is. That's always been the case with American pop bands. They grow so big that they reach larger audiences all around the world. K-pop was a type of music genre that, at least during my time, never really reached farther than Asia. It was like their own trophy that they got to enjoy as a continent, that's how I always put it.

The fact that K-pop is now widely enjoyed all around the world, especially in the states, Is something that I'm so proud of. I'm not proud because I'm a fan, I'm proud because my country has openly welcomed a new music genre that seemingly now has an incredible amount of influence within the music industry. Not only is this huge for Korea, a country that has created a genre of music that finally the whole world has found, but this is huge for the rest of the world too.

I always used to think that American pop was the only widely known music genre popular around the world, so when K-pop got big, it actually shocked me beyond belief. In a good way, that is. What's so amazing about the impact K-pop now has on music is that it's influencing all of us to welcome all kinds of music genres into our countries. The world is continuing to change each and every day, and that changing cycle is never going to stop. So, to be able to see just how much the music industry has changed and how inclusive it is compared to recent years is something I'll be proud of until the day I die. Inviting K-pop into our country the way we did is something we should continue to do with music that belongs to other countries. Instead of making music America's, let's make it the world's.

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The struggles of having an RBF are all too real

1. People asking if you're mad at them.

2. Those people who hand out flyers don't always try to stop you.

3. Creepy guys telling you to smile.

4. "I thought you were a bitch when I first met you."

5. People telling you you'd be "so much prettier if you smiled."

6. Doing your makeup and looking great, which somehow intensifies the bitch face.

7. Regularly explaining "it's just my face."

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That moment that someone you never looked twice at suddenly makes you do a double take out of no where.

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Because you don't have a crush, there's no reason to tell anyone about anything. Right?

But then they do something irresistible and you start to lose it.

Now accepting the fact you have a crush, you have to keep it under control.

Then there's the part where you tell your friends who will claim they called it.

They'll be excited and cheer you on. That's until they realize that your crush is all you'll be talking about.

Your obsession has become so bad, that your Facebook stalking is getting out of control.

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You can't focus on anything because all your attention is on them and everything they do.

Anybody who comes near your crush is now an enemy, and you are willing to fight for your crush.

When you see them, you act like an idiot. Trying to hide your feelings may not be as discrete as you think.

Keeping your feelings inside will start to be harder and harder until you can't keep it inside anymore.

Who knows, maybe it will work out? Take a chance.

Everybody hurts sometimes.

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